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1984 Australian Senate elections
← 1983 1 December 1984 1987 →
46 of the 76 seats in the Australian Senate
39 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader John Button Fred Chaney
Party Labor Liberal/National coalition
Leader since 7 November 1980 11 March 1983
Leader's seat Victoria Western Australia
Seats before 30 28
Seats won 20 20
Seats after 34 33
Seat change Increase 4 Increase 5
Popular vote 3,750,789 3,516,857
Percentage 42.17% 39.54%
Swing Decrease 3.32% Decrease 0.41%
  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Don Chipp Jo Vallentine
Party Democrats NDP
Leader since 9 May 1977 1 December 1984
Leader's seat Victoria Western Australia
(won seat)
Seats before 5 New
Seats won 5 1
Seats after 7 1
Seat change Increase 2 Increase 1
Popular vote 677,970 643,061
Percentage 7.62% 7.23%
Swing Increase 2.32% Increase 7.23%
Senators elected in the 1984 federal election
Leader of the Senate before election

John Button
Labor

Elected Leader of the Senate

John Button
Labor


1984 Australian federal election
National results
State and territory results

The following tables show state-by-state results in the Australian Senate at the 1984 federal election. Seven Senators were elected in each state in this election, plus two in each Territory.

Following this election, the Senate was composed of 29 coalition (27 Liberal, one coalition National, one CLP), 34 Labor, one Nuclear Disarmament Party, four non-coalition National, seven Democrats, and one Independent.[1][2] Senator terms were six years (three for territories), and all took their seats immediately due to the expansion of the senate from 64 to 76 members.

As the previous election was a double dissolution, half of the senators elected at that election had their terms backdated to 1 July 1982, to end on 30 June 1988. Senator terms for those contesting this election would have been for 6 year intervals starting from 1 July 1985, but the Double dissolution election of 1987 removed this necessity.

This election was the last time that Labor won more seats than the Coalition, despite receiving more votes than them in subsequent Senate elections and winning several victories in the House of Representatives since then.

Australia

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Senate (STV GV) — 1984–87 – Turnout 94.55% (CV) — Informal 4.68%
Party Votes % Swing Seats won Total seats Change
  Australian Labor Party 3,750,789 42.17 −3.32 20 34 Increase 4
    Liberal/National joint ticket 1,130,601 12.71 −11.49 3 * *
  Liberal Party of Australia 1,831,006 20.59 +8.58 14 27 Increase 4
  National Party of Australia 527,278 5.93 +0.87 2 5 Increase 1
  Country Liberal Party 27,972 0.31 +0.04 1 1 Steady
Liberal/National Coalition 3,516,857 39.54 –0.41 20 33 Increase 5
  Australian Democrats 677,970 7.62 −2.32 5 7 Increase 2
  Nuclear Disarmament Party 643,061 7.23 * 1 1 Increase 1
  Call to Australia Party 162,272 1.82 +0.62
  Democratic Labor 32,472 0.37 +0.37
  Pensioner 23,974 0.27 +0.27
  Harradine Group 22,992 0.26 −0.32 1 Steady
  Family Movement 18,841 0.21 +0.21
  Referendum First 5,808 0.07 +0.07
  Conservative 4,731 0.05 +0.05
  Independent 34,333 0.39
Total 8,894,100 46 76 Increase 12
Invalid/blank votes 437,065 4.7 –5.2
Turnout 9,331,165 94.5
Registered voters 9,869,217
Source: Federal Election Results 1949-1993

New South Wales

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Elected # Senator Party
1985
1985 1 Kerry Sibraa   Labor
1985 2 Chris Puplick   Liberal
1985 3 Bruce Childs   Labor
1985 4 David Brownhill   National
1985 5 John Morris   Labor
1985 6 Michael Baume   Liberal
1985 7 Colin Mason   Democrats
1982
1982 1 Arthur Gietzelt   Labor
1982 2 John Carrick   Liberal
1982 3 Graham Richardson   Labor
1982 4 Peter Baume   Liberal
1982 5 Doug McClelland   Labor
1984 Australian federal election: Senate, New South Wales
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 381,462
Labor 1. Kerry Sibraa (elected 1)
2. Bruce Childs (elected 3)
3. John Morris (elected 5)
4. Sue West 		1,268,489 41.6 −5.7
Coalition 1. Chris Puplick (Lib) (elected 2)
2. David Brownhill (Nat) (elected 4)
3. Michael Baume (Lib) (elected 6)
4. Bronwyn Bishop (Lib)
5. Doug Moppett (Nat) 		1,130,601 37.0 −1.1
Nuclear Disarmament 1. Peter Garrett
2. Gillian Fisher
3. Marie-Anne Hockings
4. Russel Ward 		294,772 9.7 +9.7
Democrats 1. Colin Mason (elected 7)
2. Paul McLean
3. Jenny MacLeod
4. Garry Chestnut 		223,095 7.3 −1.3
Call to Australia 1. Graham McLennan
2. Tom Toogood
3. Patricia Judge
4. Kevin Hume
5. John Everingham
6. Clair Isbister
7. Elaine Nile 		109,046 3.6 +0.2
Group F 1. Bill Wentworth
2. Robert Clark
3. Raymond King
4. Myfanwy Young 		17,530 0.6 +0.6
Group H 1. Burnum Burnum
2. Rocky Thomas 		4,331 0.1 +0.1
Independent Helen Hibbard 1,671 0.1 +0.1
Group D 1. Henry Soper
2. Maureen Nathan
3. Peter Wright
4. Archibald Brown
5. William More
6. John Veenstra 		966 0.0 0.0
Independent Helen Richards 634 0.0 0.0
Group G 1. Peter Consandine
2. Brian Buckley 		557 0.0 0.0
Total formal votes 3,051,692 94.4 +5.5
Informal votes 181,272 5.6 −5.5
Turnout 3,232,964 94.4 −0.5

Victoria

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Elected # Senator Party
1985
1985 1 Olive Zakharov   Labor
1985 2 Alan Missen   Liberal
1985 3 Robert Ray   Labor
1985 4 David Hamer   Liberal
1985 5 Barney Cooney   Labor
1985 6 Jim Short   Liberal
1985 7 John Siddons   Democrats
1982
1982 1 John Button   Labor
1982 2 Margaret Guilfoyle   Liberal
1982 3 Gareth Evans   Labor
1982 4 Austin Lewis   Liberal
1982 5 Don Chipp   Democrats
1984 Australian federal election: Senate, Victoria
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 298,787
Labor 1. Olive Zakharov (elected 1)
2. Robert Ray (elected 3)
3. Barney Cooney (elected 5)
4. Carole Marple 		1,053,488 44.0 −2.4
Liberal 1. Alan Missen (elected 2)
2. David Hamer (elected 4)
3. Jim Short (elected 6)
4. Richard Alston
5. Zirka Yaskewych 		816,362 34.2 +34.2
Nuclear Disarmament 1. Jean Melzer
2. Venturino Venturini 		174,389 7.3 +7.3
Democrats 1. John Siddons (elected 7)
2. Janet Powell
3. Ian Price
4. Sid Spindler
5. Kenneth Peak 		165,624 6.9 −5.1
National 1. Shirley McKerrow
2. John Cromarty
3. Louise Jenkins
4. John Keating
5. Murray Buzza 		95,954 4.0 +4.0
Democratic Labour 1. Brian Handley
2. Maria Handley
3. William Mahony
4. Lois Mahony 		32,472 1.3 −0.9
Call to Australia 1. Barry Tattersall
2. Valerie Renkema
3. Edna Hall
4. John Easton 		30,797 1.3 +1.3
Pensioner 1. Neil McKay
2. Margaret Carter 		19,922 0.8 +0.8
Independent Maurice Smith 615 0.0 0.0
Independent Tiger Casley 249 0.0 0.0
Independent Bill Kapphan 168 0.0 0.0
Independent Michael Krape 155 0.0 0.0
Independent Augustus Titter 93 0.0 0.0
Total formal votes 2,390,288 95.8 +6.5
Informal votes 104,906 4.2 −6.5
Turnout 2,495,194 95.4 −0.5
  • The Liberals and Nationals contested the previous election as a Coalition in the previous election, and did not do so in this election. The Coalition vote of 1983 of 38.2% was unchanged from the combined Liberal and National vote of this election.

Queensland

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Elected # Senator Party
1985
1985 1 Margaret Reynolds   Labor
1985 2 Ron Boswell   National
1985 3 David MacGibbon   Liberal
1985 4 Gerry Jones   Labor
1985 5 Glen Sheil   National
1985 6 John Black   Labor
1985 7 Michael Macklin   Democrats
1982
1982 1 George Georges   Labor
1982 2 Flo Bjelke-Petersen   National
1982 3 Warwick Parer   Liberal
1982 4 Mal Colston   Labor
1982 5 Stan Collard   National
1984 Australian federal election: Senate, Queensland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 176,095
Labor 1. Margaret Reynolds (elected 1)
2. Gerry Jones (elected 4)
3. John Black (elected 6)
4. Bryant Burns 		558,623 39.7 +0.1
National 1. Ron Boswell (elected 2)
2. Glen Sheil (elected 5)
3. Patrick Behan
4. Alan Metcalfe 		406,829 28.9 −0.2
Liberal 1. David MacGibbon (elected 3)
2. William Everingham
3. Olive-Orme Scott-Young
4. Christopher Gilbert
5. Maurice Thomson 		244,753 17.4 +2.5
Democrats 1. Michael Macklin (elected 7)
2. Ray Hollis
3. John Elfick
4. Cheryl Kernot 		129,636 9.2 +1.3
Nuclear Disarmament 1. Patsy Goodwin
2. Bernard Hockings 		62,102 4.4 +4.4
Conservative 1. Fast Bucks
2. Peter Livesey 		4,731 0.3 +0.3
Group B 1. Hugh Bruce
2. Michael Carr 		1,317 0.1 +0.1
Independent Frank Bologna 335 0.0 0.0
Independent Raymond Medwin 207 0.0 0.0
Independent Norman Eather 94 0.0 0.0
Independent Cyril McKenzie 86 0.0 0.0
Independent Dietar Soegemeier 39 0.0 0.0
Total formal votes 1,408,752 97.0 +5.6
Informal votes 43,919 3.0 −5.6
Turnout 1,452,671 93.4 +0.8

Western Australia

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Elected # Senator Party
1985
1985 1 Patricia Giles   Labor
1985 2 Noel Crichton-Browne   Liberal
1985 3 Peter Cook   Labor
1985 4 Reg Withers   Liberal
1985 5 Jim McKiernan   Labor
1985 6 Sue Knowles   Liberal
1985 7 Jo Vallentine   NDP
1982
1982 1 Peter Walsh   Labor
1982 2 Fred Chaney   Liberal
1982 3 Ruth Coleman   Labor
1982 4 Peter Durack   Liberal
1982 5 Gordon McIntosh   Labor
1984 Australian federal election: Senate, Western Australia
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 96,467
Labor 1. Patricia Giles (elected 1)
2. Peter Cook (elected 3)
3. Jim McKiernan (elected 5)
4. John Crouch 		334,371 43.3 −6.0
Liberal 1. Noel Crichton-Browne (elected 2)
2. Reg Withers (elected 4)
3. Sue Knowles (elected 6)
4. Murray Nixon 		313,738 40.7 −0.3
Nuclear Disarmament 1. Jo Vallentine (elected 7)
2. Lindsay Matthews 		52,365 6.8 +6.8
Democrats 1. Jack Evans
2. Richard Jeffreys
3. Jean Jenkins 		37,369 4.8 −2.0
Family Movement 1. Brian Peachey
2. Beryl Van Lyn
3. Nellie Clark
4. John Gilmour
5. Kenneth Wright
6. Roland Bott 		18,041 2.3 +2.3
National 1. Bruce Currie
2. Eric Blight
3. Mort Schell
4. Graham Barrett-Lennard 		13,739 1.7 +0.6
Group E 1. Frank Nesci
2. Nellie Stuart 		1,033 0.1 +0.1
Independent Peter van Tongeren 861 0.1 +0.1
Independent Frank Ash 154 0.0 0.0
Independent Martin Suter 62 0.0 0.0
Total formal votes 771,733 95.3 +3.1
Informal votes 37,739 4.7 −3.1
Turnout 809,472 94.2 +1.2

South Australia

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Elected # Senator Party
1985
1985 1 Nick Bolkus   Labor
1985 2 Baden Teague   Liberal
1985 3 Graham Maguire   Labor
1985 4 Don Jessop   Liberal
1985 5 Rosemary Crowley   Labor
1985 6 Amanda Vanstone   Liberal
1985 7 David Vigor   Democrats
1982
1982 1 Ron Elstob   Labor
1982 2 Tony Messner   Liberal
1982 3 Janine Haines   Democrats
1982 4 Dominic Foreman   Labor
1982 5 Robert Hill   Liberal
1984 Australian federal election: Senate, South Australia
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 101,997
Labor 1. Nick Bolkus (elected 1)
2. Graham Maguire (elected 3)
3. Rosemary Crowley (elected 5)
4. Vic Heron 		340,115 41.7 −2.9
Liberal 1. Baden Teague (elected 2)
2. Don Jessop (elected 4)
3. Amanda Vanstone (elected 6)
4. Robert Giles 		306,027 37.5 −2.9
Democrats 1. David Vigor (elected 7)
2. John Coulter
3. Mike Elliott
4. Sandra Kanck 		91,329 11.2 −0.9
Nuclear Disarmament 1. Frances Mowling
2. Ian Modistach
3. Douglas Peers 		37,834 4.6 +4.6
Call to Australia 1. Bob Brown
2. Dean Davis
3. William Pomery 		22,429 2.7 +2.7
National 1. John Bannon
2. Judith Jackson
3. Ray Rothe
4. Helen Scott
5. Audrey Pobke 		10,756 1.3 −0.4
Pensioner 1. Wilfred Scott
2. Kenneth Perry 		4,052 0.5 +0.5
Group F 1. Judy Gillett
2. Brian Sones
3. Eugene Sibelle 		1,328 0.2 +0.2
Group D 1. Joe Rossi
2. Warwick Stallard
3. Giovanni Melino
4. Gizella Farkas 		840 0.1 +0.1
Family Movement 1. Bob Boyd
2. Fred Tanner 		800 0.1 +0.1
Independent Herman Bersee 199 0.0 0.0
Independent Peter Gagliardi 169 0.0 0.0
Independent Edward Dyer 92 0.0 0.0
Total formal votes 815,970 94.6 +3.4
Informal votes 46,399 5.4 −3.4
Turnout 862,369 95.2 +0.2

Tasmania

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Elected # Senator Party
1985
1985 1 Terry Aulich   Labor
1985 2 Brian Archer   Liberal
1985 3 Ray Devlin   Labor
1985 4 John Watson   Liberal
1985 5 John Coates   Labor
1985 6 Michael Townley   Liberal
1985 7 Norm Sanders   Democrats
1982
1982 1 Peter Rae   Liberal
1982 2 Don Grimes   Labor
1982 3 Brian Harradine   Independent
1982 4 Shirley Walters   Liberal
1982 5 Michael Tate   Labor
1984 Australian federal election: Senate, Tasmania
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 32,724
Labor 1. Terry Aulich (elected 1)
2. Ray Devlin (elected 3)
3. John Coates (elected 5)
4. John White 		108,900 41.6 +8.8
Liberal 1. Brian Archer (elected 2)
2. John Watson (elected 4)
3. Michael Townley (elected 6)
4. Eric Abetz
5. Des Cooper
6. Michael Chabrel 		106,427 40.6 −2.0
Group C (Harradine Group) 1. Kath Venn
2. Colin Sacco 		22,992 8.8 −9.0
Democrats 1. Norm Sanders (elected 7}
2. Lyn Hewitt 		15,897 6.1 −0.7
Nuclear Disarmament 1. Ian Paulin
2. Anne Parker 		7,574 2.9 +2.9
Total formal votes 261,790 94.2 +1.6
Informal votes 16,155 5.8 −1.6
Turnout 277,945 95.8 −0.2

Australian Capital Territory

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Elected # Senator Party
1984
1984 1 Susan Ryan   Labor
1984 2 Margaret Reid   Liberal
1984 Australian federal election: Senate, Australian Capital Territory
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 45,608
Labor 1. Susan Ryan (elected 1)
2. Hugh Saddler 		60,763 44.4 −10.9
Liberal 1. Margaret Reid (elected 2)
2. David Walters 		43,699 31.9 +0.2
Nuclear Disarmament 1. John Conway
2. Jan Barratt 		14,025 10.3 +10.3
Democrats 1. John Hatton
2. Julia Knyvett 		12,571 9.2 −2.7
Referendum First 1. Allan Nelson
2. Tony Spagnolo 		5,808 4.2 +4.2
Total formal votes 136,866 96.6 −0.1
Informal votes 4,813 3.4 +0.1
Turnout 141,679 94.2 −1.8

Northern Territory

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Elected # Senator Party
1984
1984 1 Bernie Kilgariff   CLP
1984 2 Ted Robertson   Labor
1984 Australian federal election: Senate, Northern Territory
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 19,004
Country Liberal 1. Bernie Kilgariff (elected 1)
2. Patricia Davies 		27,972 48.9 +0.8
Labor 1. Ted Robertson (elected 2)
2. Warren Snowdon 		26,040 45.4 −0.6
Democrats 1. Betty Pearce
2. Fay Lawrence 		2,449 4.2 −1.1
Independent Vincent Forrester 548 0.9 +0.9
Total formal votes 57,009 96.8 +1.5
Informal votes 1,862 3.2 −1.5
Turnout 58,871 85.5 +4.1

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Federal Election Results 1949-1993" (PDF). Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 12 July 2017.
  2. ^ "1984 Senate". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
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